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Daemon Forest is a raw black metal and experimental project from Vila Franca de Xira near Lisbon, active since 2017. Their sylvan-demonic name conjures visions of haunted woodlands, translated into lo-fi compositions that push beyond conventional black metal into experimental territory.
Dagor is an experimental death/black metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2021. They push the boundaries of extreme metal with avant-garde compositions that blur the lines between death and black metal.
Dahakara is an experimental black metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2014. The project pushes black metal boundaries with experimental elements.
Dark Theory is an experimental black metal band from the Maidstone/Ramsgate area of England, active since 2013. They theorize through experimental black metal from the Garden of England.
Lockport, Illinois's Darkdark pursues experimental raw black metal with a studied indifference to convention, producing work since 2012 that weaponizes noise and dissonance in ways that even many black metal listeners find confrontational.
Darkwave is an experimental, progressive, and thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2020. The band push boundaries with their genre-crossing approach to progressive thrash.
Das Cabinet is an instrumental progressive thrash metal and djent band from Munich, Germany, founded in 2011. Their extended compositions, including the 2020 release "Dragon Tales," showcase technical virtuosity across psychedelic and progressive metal landscapes without vocals.
Denver's David Scafidi approaches experimental death/thrash with a restless disregard for convention, pushing the genre's templates toward stranger and more unpredictable territory from Colorado's thriving underground metal scene since 2023.
Dawn of a Dark Age is an atmospheric and experimental black metal project from the remote town of Agnone in the Molise region, active since 2011 and exploring the boundaries of black metal through unconventional instrumentation and song structures. Their work pushes beyond genre conventions into territory where folk elements and avant-garde experimentation meet blasting extremity.
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